YourSphere.com A New Social Networking Site for Kids

A new website, yoursphere.com was premiered on Fox and Friends this morning claiming that their extra protection makes it safer for your children to be able to use social networking without the fear of online predators.

But wait, did you think that websites like MySpace and Facebook were safe already?  There are currently over 90,000 online predators, and statistics state that 1 in 5 minors will be sexually exploited in some manner.  This staggering statistic is what lead to the creation of the site yoursphere.com.

The site requires verifiable parental consent.  The site boasts that no fake profiles can be created.  I'm not exactly sure how they get around this because of things like proxy servers, identity theft, etc.  I tried to go to the site, but of course, after being premiered this morning, the site was unable to handle the data load and is down.

Although YourSphere has extra security measures, nothing is fool proof.  The very best way to know what your children are doing is to keep an open line of communication with them. 

*YourSphere was created by  Mary Kay Hoal, mother of 5 children ranging in ages from 4-17.